wit and wisdom stories

M att had spent all his spare time and efforts trying to find the Pet Sack, the most famous thing the great magician, Stardust, had ever created. No one knew what was inside the sack to make it so special, but rumours were that that pet bag was so special that it could do whatever its master asked of it.  As Matt reached adulthood he became a powerful knight, and was implacable in his quest, overcoming all obstacles. On the day all his efforts came to fruition, and he found the sack alive and hiding in a cave, Matt felt like the happiest man in the world. However, it turned out that the sack was far from being a good pet. Every time you asked something of it, it complained, even when the knight threatened to cut it up with his sword. If that bag got an idea in its head, there was no way to remove it. And the bag bit. The more Matt kicked the bag, the more the bag bit back. Disappointed after months of putting up with that insufferable sack, Matt decided to sell it at the ma...

   A young lady was waiting for her flight in the boarding room of a big airport. As she had to wait for  hours, she decided to buy a book to spend her time. Along with the book she bought a packet of cookies too.    She sat down on an armchair, in the VIP room of the airport, to rest and read in peace. Beside the armchair where  the packet of cookies were kept, a man sat down, opened his magazine and started reading.  When she ate the first cookie, the man also took one.  She felt infuriated but didn’t say anything.    She just thought:  “What a nerve! If I was in the mood I would punch his eye so that he does not forget this daring!” To each cookie she ate, the man ate another one.  That was making her fume up with rage but she couldn’t react.  When only one  cookie remained, she thought: “ah... What will this stupid man  do now?” To her anguish, the man divided the last cookie and gave her on...

A milkmaid carried fresh milk to customers in neighboring villages. One of the customers was a priest. To reach his house, the milkmaid had to cross a big stream. People crossed it by boat. One day the priest, who performed worship daily with the offering to God of fresh milk, finding it arrived very late, scolded the poor woman. "What can I do?" she said, "I start out early from my house, but I have to wait a long time for the boatman to come." Then the priest said (pretending to be serious), "What! People have even walked across the ocean by repeating the name of God, and you can't cross this river?" The milkmaid took him very seriously. From then on she brought the priest's milk punctually every morning. He became curious about it and asked her how it was that she was never late anymore. "I cross the river repeating the name of the Lord," she replied, "just as you told me to do, without waiting for the boat." The pries...

There came to our fields a pair of birds that had never built a nest nor seen a winter. How beautiful was everything! The fields were full of flowers and the grass was growing tall, and the bees were humming everywhere. Then one of the birds began singing, and the other bird said, "Who told you to sing?" And he answered, "The flowers told me, and the bees told me, and the winds and leaves told me, and the blue sky told me, and you told me to sing." Then his mate answered, "When did I tell you to sing?" And he said, "Every time you brought in tender grass for the nest, and every time your soft wings fluttered off again for hair and feathers to line the nest." Then his mate said, "What are you singing about?" And he answered, "I am singing about everything and nothing. It is because I am so happy that I sing." By and by five little speckled eggs were in the nest, and his mate said, "Is there anything in all the wor...